UK citizens believe Muslims want to form a “fifth column and kill us” and laws against discrimination on the grounds of race and color should be scrapped, according to UKIP leader Nigel Farage.

The controversial
politician made the comments during an interview for Channel
4.

He told former Equality and Human Rights Commissioner Trevor
Phillips: “I think perhaps one of the reasons the polls show
an increasing level of concern is because people do see a fifth
column living within our country, who hate us and want to kill
us.

“So don’t be surprised if there isn’t a slight increase in
people’s worries and concerns. You know, when you’ve got British,
when you’ve got people born and bred in Cardiff, with British
passports, going out to fight for ISIS, don’t be surprised if
there isn’t an uptick in concern. There has been an uptick in
concern, but does it make us a prejudiced people? No.”

Scrap race laws? Nigel Farage and UKIP are the reason why we
need race discrimination laws in this country

“I would argue that the law does need changing, and that if
an employer wishes to choose, or you can use the word
‘discriminate’ if you want to, but wishes to choose to employ a
British-born person, they should be allowed to do so.”

Labour Party Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan said, “We
have made huge progress on tackling racial inequality and
discrimination in this country, partly because of Labour's strong
anti-discrimination laws, but things are still far from
perfect.

“When my parents moved to London they frequently saw signs
saying ‘no blacks, no dogs, no Irish.’ What UKIP is suggesting
would take us back to those days.”